BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Holy Mary, blessed mother of God! Some downright sinful — or just cruel-hearted or perhaps clueless — robbers stole a statue from St. Anthony of Padua Church, at W. Houston and Sullivan Sts., early on the morning of Tues., Nov. 10, according to the church. Father Joe Lorenzo, the church’s pastor, read more here »

BY MARY REINHOLZ | Known for its store-made heat-and-eat entrees, sushi bar and gourmet delicacies, the Food Emporium supermarket at 10 Union Square East changed hands Nov. 9. The transfer occurred a few weeks after its new owner, Key Food Co-Operative, Inc., acquired the store in a court-supervised bankruptcy sale from the market’s former corporate parent, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, otherwise known as A&P. A guard shooed read more here »

Last month, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation and the Two Boots Foundation dedicated an honorary plaque to the great American writer James Baldwin (1924-1987) at 81 Horatio St. The author resided at the location for three years, starting in the late 1950s. Speakers included Andrew Berman, executive director of G.V.S.H.P.; Phil Hartman of read more here »

Meatpacking punch Police said that on Sat., Nov. 7, in front of 18 Little W. 12th St., at 3 a.m., a fight broke out between two men, and that one of them drew blood after slugging his rival in the face. Police said the victim, 25, was drunk and uncooperative, but eventually settled down and read more here »

It was a wrap for Donald Trump this past week on a light pole on Broome St. in Soho. Whether this poster’s “message” was pro- or anti-Trump was unclear. “No idea — that’s what intrigued me,” said the photographer. “Though I lean toward anti because he seems to have gold teeth added.”

Until recently, No. 9 Bleecker St. was the longtime home to the Yippies. A hub for organizing for the peace movement and drug legalization efforts, among other issues, it was also where the Yippies published their radical newspapers, including the Yipster Times and Overthrow. Around two years ago, after a court battle, the Yippies lost read more here »

BY ARTHUR Z. SCHWARTZ | Last month, the media reported what only a select few knew up to that point. Namely, that two possible scenarios are on the table for the St John’s Building, the massive, hulking structure sitting across the street from Pier 40 (which, if you don’t know, is at the foot of read more here »

Voter registration made easy To The Editor: On a hot and humid Saturday in September, I stood under the Washington Square Arch, wondering if it was going to rain. Above my head floated a large poster cutout of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate for president. Next to me was my friend and fellow Village Independent read more here »

The “envisioning” meeting on programming for the new 75 Morton St. middle school on Nov. 2 was truly eye-opening, in that it was so inspiring. To take a step back, the idea for this desperately needed school — currently being created in a seven-story, former state-owned agency office building at Morton and Greenwich Sts. — read more here »

BY LENORE SKENAZY | It’s time for a microbes’ rights movement. Too long have we reviled the misunderstood microbe as an evil to be sprayed, slathered or scrubbed away. Too long have we demeaned this vast and variegated group with hateful terms like “bug” and “germ.” Too long have we ignored the contributions made by read more here »